Schools 禁止（する） clown 衣装s まっただ中に 調査
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) ― A school 地区 is banning clown 衣装s and any "symbols of terror" during this year's Halloween season as 当局 調査／捜査する the authenticity of clown-関係のある social マスコミ 地位，任命するs.
New 港／避難所 Public School 公式の／役人s said 主要な／長／主犯s and building leaders have been requested to 禁止（する） the 衣装s until 付加 （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） is 利用できる.
This comes まっただ中に an 調査 伴う／関わるing police into an account on the photo-株ing social マスコミ 場所／位置 Instagram. The account uploaded four photos showing 脅迫的な-looking clowns with captions telling several area schools to "watch out" and "wait and see" whether the 脅しs are 偽の.
New 港／避難所's school superintendent, Garth Harries, said Tuesday the 地位，任命するs have been 破壊的な to learning and to the school's sense of 安全.
"There is no question that whoever is promulgating this is making 脅しs," Harries said. "We don't believe there is any 信頼できる 脅し of 暴力／激しさ, but they are still making people uncomfortable."
Police said any 脅し みなすd 信頼できる could be 起訴するd under a new 明言する／公表する 法律 that makes a 有形の 脅し against a school a 重罪. Officer David Hartman said the Instagram 地位，任命するs do not 会合，会う that threshold.
"We're not going to shut schools 負かす／撃墜する for this stuff," he said.
Harries said there was a minor 出来事/事件 at a middle school, where an 行政官／管理者 押収するd a clown mask from a group of students he said were "horsin g around."
